Here is my best transcription of the letter. Several letters are superscripts that won't show up in my plain text transcription. The punctuation in the letter is only one comma near the end and one period in the author's initial. The two question marks in there are my own addition indicating that I do not know what those two words could be. *** Columbia Ten April 9th 1844 Alexr G Abell Esqr Dr Sir Yours of 25 March is to hand Enclosed please find ten Dollars for which please send me the amt in copies of the life of Prest Tyler these I take on my own aso? as awery? to the protracted and fatal sickness in our town + neighborhood the intercourse with the country has been in a great measure suspended and no oportunity [sic] afforded of ascertaining the amt which could be disposed of here, should further amt be called for I will make application to you very respectfully your obl servant H. Langtry VM

Thank you for the translation, Heather. Jane Foley NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather" <eponalady@yahoo.com> To: <TNMAURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [TNMAURY-L] Old Letter found Columbia April 9th, 1844 > Here is my best transcription of the letter. Several letters > are superscripts that won't show up in my plain text > transcription. The punctuation in the letter is only one comma > near the end and one period in the author's initial. The two > question marks in there are my own addition indicating that I do > not know what those two words could be. > > *** > > Columbia Ten April 9th 1844 > > Alexr G Abell Esqr > > Dr Sir > > Yours of 25 March is to hand Enclosed please find ten Dollars > for which please send me the amt in copies of the life of Prest > Tyler these I take on my own aso? as awery? to the protracted > and fatal sickness in our town + neighborhood the intercourse > with the country has been in a great measure suspended and no > oportunity [sic] afforded of ascertaining the amt which could be > disposed of here, should further amt be called for I will make > application to you > > very respectfully > your obl servant > H. Langtry VM > > > ==== TNMAURY Mailing List ==== > SOUTHERN HERITAGE NEWS AND VIEWS is dedicated to the preservation of > Southern Heritage and to defend the honor of our Confederate ancestors. > To subscribe send e-mail to: SouthernHeritage-subscribe@topica.com > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >